Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- A New Walk
- The New Theatre
- King Edward II and York
- King Edward I and York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Ouse Bridge
- King Edward III and York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Cinema Comes to York
- York Railway Station
- Second World War York
- Roman Head Pot
- Water Lanes
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head